Chapter 571: When the world honors me, acknowledges me, and fears me, only then is it Great Harmony!

Drip, drop...

Rotting flesh clung stickily to the ceiling, slowly contracting, while mucus mixed with stomach acid stretched and dripped down like maltose.

Upon it, two of the butler's eyeballs stared at Chen Yan without blinking.

In the corridor, one by one, Ancient Divine Beasts slowly crowded together, flesh pressed against flesh, merging into one another; the air was filled with a suffocating, fishy stench.

Chen Yan walked out just like this, his features as if painted, and under the gaze of every pair of eyes, he arrived before the grim-faced Lu Cunyang.

In an instant, Lu Cunyang, Chen Yitong, Chi Xuanxun, and that Yu Clan member Yu Ren were all staring fixedly at Chen Yan.

The two sides, in a silent calm, slowly walked toward the balcony and flew into the high sky.

"What I said, do you believe it?" Chen Yan looked at the few people standing before him; in the void, explosive formation disks floated, forming an inescapable net to surround and kill Chen Yan.

"You think I would believe you?!" Chen Yitong hissed.

The next moment, Lu Cunyang raised a hand, stopping Chen Yitong's hiss; he looked at Chen Yan, his eyes turning incomparably bloodshot.

"Your one sentence has thrown us all into chaos!

I believe you!"

He roared.

As his voice fell, Chen Yitong's expression changed instantly.

"But!"

Lu Cunyang downed a mouthful of wine:

"But have you ever thought that for ten thousand years, the entire Five Clans have been bound together.

For ten thousand years, the Five Clans have been one nation.

Even if what you say is true, how can we betray our own faith!

Exterminating the Great Xia and having the Five Clans enter the Great Xia is also a solution!"

Chen Yan sighed slowly in his heart; as expected, Xia Qi was right.

That Sovereign had long anticipated that the Five Clans would have such a reaction.

Even if they knew the secret of the Lord of Chen, they would still choose to stand with the Lord of Chen.

Because, from the beginning, the Five Clans were a single interest group.

Therefore, they needed him.

They needed him, Chen Yan.

A Divine General who could suppress all the Creation Realm experts of the Five Clans.

The expressions of Chen Yitong and the others were extremely ugly, their gazes toward Chen Yan changing again and again, until finally, only an intensely concentrated killing intent remained.

Only Lu Cunyang poured the last of the wine down his throat and laughed loudly:

"Chen Yan! When the whole world is in darkness.

A person who radiates light will only make the world perish even faster!"

Danger descended!

Terrifying auras locked onto the youth dressed in black.

Whoosh!

Clusters of golden-red flowing clouds burned vigorously on Chen Yan's body; Chen Yan's momentum rose continuously, and waves of willpower pressure slowly spilled outward.

The Castle Master and the other Ancient Divine Beasts revealed expressions of terror.

"What is this? Respected guest, what is this?" the Castle Master asked in astonishment.

At this moment, only the final ten minutes remained before Chen Yan had stayed in the castle for four hours.

Even if these Ancient Divine Beasts wanted to eat Chen Yan, they had to be restricted by the rules of this place.

Lu Cunyang slowly closed his eyes and shook his head.

The scene he least wanted to see had appeared after all; what they were about to face was a Chen Yan whose injuries had completely recovered.

Lu Cunyang opened his eyes, his killing intent fully revealed.

All his righteousness and all his faith had been shattered by that one sentence from Chen Yan just now.

Chen Yan told him that the one truly harming the world was the Lord of Chen, was them, the Five Clans.

And the person they were now going to kill was right, was absolutely correct.

His eyes were sharp, and he spoke, risking everything:

"You, Lu Xunyang, and that dead Sovereign of Great Xia, you are right.

But in a wrong world, you are wrong!"

After he finished this sentence, he took a deep breath.

There is no true right or wrong in the world, only true victory or defeat!

The expressions of Chen Yitong and Chi Xuanxun also firmed up; looking at Chen Yan now, their killing intent was fully revealed.

They were right, and they could turn what was wrong into what was right.

This...

was enough.

Yet the youth stood calmly, his eyes erupting with a terrifying gaze that could sweep through the human heart, and he said slowly:

"Since you all wish to go against the Dao, I have no choice but to kill you all."

A smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yan's mouth; Lu Cunyang's words had cleared his body and mind, and the last bit of tangled mess that had been knotted in his heart had completely vanished.

He stared at the great enemies before him who would exhaust everything to kill him, a great sun rising within his eyes:

"When the world honors me, acknowledges me, and fears me.

Only then is it Great Harmony!"

The next instant.

Hum.

The void twisted.

Above Chen Yan's head, a profound-colored array disc with a diameter of a hundred miles suddenly appeared, within which were visions of great rivers surging and ten thousand mountains suppressing the world.

Streams of ink-colored light descended from within it, swirling around Chen Yan on all four sides.

In an instant, a terrifying gravitational force struck.

Boom!

As their fists collided, the void was impacted by two immense forces, and an ink-colored sphere of light rapidly expanded at the point where Lu Cunyang and Chen Yan's fists struck.

"Well done!" Lu Cunyang let out a low shout and threw another punch, instantly unleashing hundreds of terrifying blood-colored fist shadows; the fist shadows were aflame, and waves of fire surged outward.

Chen Yan threw a punch in response, and the phantom of a towering, precipitous mountain manifested upon his body.

【Phantom Slaughter Dragon-Culling Style】, Fourth Form: 【Meteor Peak Style】!

With his internal energy transformed into a mountain, every punch of Chen Yan's now carried the terrifying pressure of a collapsing earth vein.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Ear-splitting sonic booms spread outward, and the void was beaten until it collapsed.

Lu Cunyang traded punch for punch, his eyes, which were staring fixedly at Chen Yan, turning into a pair of purple vertical pupils.

Trading blows with Chen Yan, he was actually unable to suppress him.

"Is he even being restricted by your array at all?!" Lu Cunyang roared.

"Hurry!"

In the rear, Chi Xuanxun of the Chi Clan, who was casting the grand array, let out a low growl, his expression strained:

"I can only apply triple gravity to him; what kind of monster is he!

My Time-Condensing Heavy Prison Array is actually struggling to impose rules upon him!"

Lu Cunyang's expression shifted slightly; Chi Xuanxun's Time-Condensing Heavy Prison Array was famous among the five clans, yet when it came to Chen Yan, its effect had been reduced to such a degree.

Bang, bang, bang!

Chen Yan and Lu Cunyang traded blows, and the gravity coming from all directions bound him, causing Chen Yan's speed to slow down significantly.

But he had already used his Immortal Will and internal energy to simultaneously manifest protective patterns, greatly increasing his own speed and stealth capabilities.

His figure flickered, leaving behind trails of afterimages in the void; as long as he kept shifting his position, this grand array enveloping him would find it difficult to lock onto him continuously and apply gravity.

Boom!

A terrifying leg shadow appeared above Chen Yan's left, and this kick from Lu Cunyang blasted the void apart, trailing a brilliant fiery tail flame, descending upon Chen Yan like a continent.

Chen Yan shifted his body and whipped out his left leg; with a 'crack', the air shattered like jade.

Thud!

The legs collided, and a pitch-black explosion shockwave rapidly burst forth, sweeping across the heavens and earth; Chen Yitong, who was about to ambush Chen Yan, was pushed away directly by the shockwave.

"I can't get close at all!" Yu Ren of the Yu Clan, who had been controlling ten thousand explosive array discs, had a web of electricity burst across his entire body, wrapping himself in it.

The impact between Chen Yan and Lu Cunyang was too violent, and the resulting shockwaves would instantly blow away any martial artist attempting to ambush Chen Yan.

On his battle armor, a blue screen appeared, displaying data detecting Chen Yan's various attributes.

"Health points ninety-seven... ninety-nine, he isn't injured at all!" Yu Ren let out a low shout.

Even if Chen Yan suffered minor injuries, his own Immortal Will would rapidly restore them.

The detector attached to his battle armor calculated Chen Yan's health points, and the lowest it had reached was only ninety-five.

A powerful physical body, plus that monstrous recovery speed.

Immortal Body!

"Monster!"

Chen Yitong's face turned livid.

"Come!"

Lu Cunyang stared at Chen Yan and roared:

"Kill me, come and fulfill your will, come and kill me!"

Veins bulged on his forehead, and terrifying, overwhelming internal energy exploded crazily toward his surroundings as he unleashed a violent kick.

On Chen Yan's body, golden light blazed intensely; the God-Entry level 【Forging Expansion of the Firmament】 operated rapidly, and he also smashed out a kick.

Thud!

A pitch-black explosion shockwave rapidly expanded, enveloping the entire Fire-Reversal Castle.

The ancient divine beasts of Fire-Reversal Castle watching the battle nearby all wore expressions of shock and suspicion.

"This is the most hypocritical, most disgusting guest I have ever seen!" the Castle Master growled, saliva splattering from his mouth.

He glanced at his watch:

"Nine minutes, the final nine minutes; I want to eat his brain!"

Thud!

Just as he finished speaking, as Chen Yan and Lu Cunyang's legs collided, a purely black shockwave swept out once more.

Thud, thud, thud!

Layer upon layer of shockwaves continuously expanded; before the previous layer had dissipated, the next one arrived again.

The layers of pure black shockwaves wrapped around the space for dozens of miles like a domain, accompanied by streaks of pure golden internal energy lightning, crazily pushing and surging the earth outside Fire-Reversal Castle.

Bang!

As Lu Cunyang and Chen Yan's legs collided again, both of their right legs shattered simultaneously, and countless sprays of blood rapidly dispersed into the void.

A phantom appeared upon Chen Yan's body, and his body was about to flicker away.

"Now is the time!"

Lu Cunyao roared.

Woo!

A purple beam of light descended instantly from the great array above the void, shrouding Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's expression was frozen, his body motionless; his right hand was extended but remained suspended in mid-air, a tiny, pure black point of light manifesting between his fingertips.

"Hahaha, this is the true ultimate move of the Time-Freezing Heavy Prison Array!" Chi Xuanxun, who had been maintaining the array from the rear, appeared in the void just thirty meters away from Chen Yan at some unknown moment, roaring aloud.

Once the Time-Freezing Domain shrouded Chen Yan, his body would experience a three-second stasis.

And those three seconds were a death from which Chen Yan could not escape!

It was at this very instant.

Crack, crack, crack...

Cracks erupted across the purple beam of light shrouding Chen Yan.

Chi Xuanxun's face turned ashen instantly, and he followed up with a roar:

"There are no three seconds, only two! Hurry!"

Screech!

The cry of an egret rang out instantly; a massive Ice Egret had already appeared before Chen Yan, its enormous wings shimmering with sharp, cold light as they slashed toward Chen Yan's brain.

At the same time, over a thousand mechanical explosive formation disks wrapped in electric nets surged toward Chen Yan like an ocean.

Chen Yitong and Yu Ren appeared simultaneously, their expressions cold and stern.

This was the moment they had been waiting for.

Waiting for Chen Yan's body to be immobilized, then delivering the true killing blow!

Lu Cunyao narrowed his eyes, staring at Chen Yan, his eyes moist at this moment:

"Fusang, Father has avenged you!"

Time seemed to solidify at this moment.

In this instant, Chen Yan's body was frozen in mid-air, the pitch-black point of light on his right fingertip touching the edge of the purple beam of light that shrouded him.

Crack!

In this instant, the purple beam of light shattered like glass into white marks.

In this instant, the mechanical explosive formation disks had already reached Chen Yan's front.

In this instant, the ice-cold white feathers shot from the Ice Egret's wings had already appeared two centimeters from Chen Yan's temples.

In this instant, a smile appeared on Chen Yitong's lips, while Lu Cunyao opened his mouth wide; flesh surged on his body, and two thick, blood-stained arms protruded from his spine.

"Quick!"

The next moment!

"Flee!" Lu Cunyao roared.

But, it was too late!

The pitch-black ball of light at Chen Yan's fingertip, only the size of a melon seed, shattered; though it was only the size of a seed, the white light that erupted from its cracks instantly tore through the surrounding heavens and earth!

【Imperial Decay - Sacred Condensation Primordial】!

Boom!

Gold-red!

The gold-red light wave spread out frantically and rapidly, boiling and expanding instantly like liquid metal spewing from a furnace.

Countless fist shadows left trails of golden tracks within the folds of the gold-red light wave, accompanied by countless pure ink-colored secret scripts surging wildly.

Caw!

The hiss of an Ancient Divine Beast rang out.

The butler, who had transformed into a mountain of flesh, was blasted into the castle and scattered into minced meat.

The Castle Master's kind old face was blasted into rotten flesh.

Several Ancient Divine Beasts at the early stage of the Creation Realm were directly blasted into wriggling meat dregs.

Amidst a rolling expanse of golden light.

"No... I don't want to..." A scream rang out.

With a *pfft* sound.

Chen Yan slashed down with a hand-blade, and Chi Xuanxun's head flew off, landing before Lu Cunyao in the distance.

The two thick arms protruding from behind Lu Cunyao's spine were each clutching Chen Yitong and Yu Ren, who both wore expressions of shock and pain.

Their wills had been instantly suppressed just now, and even now, they remained affected.

Hum!

The great array manifested in the high sky flickered with purple lightning following Chi Xuanxun's death and vanished.

"He is heavily injured; his HP has dropped to fifty-two percent!"

Within the light mist, Chen Yan was covered in blood, one leg already severed; although he had intercepted the killing blow from Chen Yitong, those thousand explosive formation disks had still caused Chen Yan to suffer a great loss.

The next moment.

Chen Yan's body became illusory, flying toward the castle that sealed the Heavenly God Armor.

"Stop him!" Lu Cunyao growled.

As his voice fell, Yu Ren instantly transformed into a stream of light and burst forth, raising his arms the next moment to lock onto Chen Yan's position.

Click, click, click!!!

The battle armor on his arms began to shift, complex and precise structures and shining energy lamps reflecting off each other, instantly transforming into rows of cannon muzzles.

"Maximum power output!"

"Explosive Lightning Array locking on..."

"Lock-on successful!"

An electronic female voice rang out upon his body.

Accompanied by the manifestation of intense brilliance within rows of cannon muzzles.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

Beams of light shot out instantly toward Chen Yan, like an airtight net of fire, tearing through the void and suppressing Chen Yan!

Chen Yan was still flying, his right hand gripping the air, and a rapidly spinning white jade light wheel slashed out.

【Illusion Slaughter Dragon-Culling Style】, second form: 【Heaven-Splitting Style】!

The light wheel spun, instantly colliding with the beams of light, and rows of terrifying firelight exploded in the void.

And it was at this moment!

When Chen Yan rushed to a distance of only one thousand meters from that castle.

Crack!

Arcs of electricity suddenly emerged from the void, enveloping Chen Yan.

These arcs of electricity connected to one another, pulling out thousands of explosive array disks hidden within the void, instantly surrounding Chen Yan, and almost in an instant, cracks appeared, on the verge of exploding.

"You've fallen for it!"

Chen Yitong shouted violently, and as she pointed her finger, cold currents suddenly spread over her tall figure.

"Extreme Cold Sky-Splitter!"

A massive ice-blue light blade was seen soaring into the sky; wherever it passed, space was instantly frozen, leaving behind streaks of crystalline ice.

The light blade traced an arc in the air, appearing before Chen Yan in an instant.

Pfft!

It followed by piercing into Chen Yan's heart!

Chen Yan's expression was icy; his heart felt as if it had been frozen stiff, and his physical body was unable to move at this moment.

The next instant.

Thousands of explosive array disks detonated.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The void was melted through, and magma filled the sky, splashing out wildly like meteors.

Hum!

A massive golden mountain shadow appeared from where Chen Yan was, immediately pushing the surrounding flames away.

【Meteor Mountain Style】!

Power transformed into a mountain; at this moment, Chen Yan chose to detonate his own power to push away the impact of all the explosions.

Yu Ren stood in the void, the blue screen before him changing rapidly, and beneath his helmet, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Twenty-five percent health remaining; he's not dead yet!"

As his voice rang out.

Chen Yitong's eyes also suddenly widened, her face full of disbelief.

Boom!

Lu Cunyang had already flown out, striking toward Chen Yan's side.

Just as his punch appeared, Chen Yan, within the fire mist, had already pointed a finger out.

Sss!

A laser pierced through the back of Lu Cunyang's hand, and blood splattered.

"You were frozen, how could you possibly still be able to move!"

Lu Cunyang roared, and the two newly grown arms behind him smashed down instantly.

Chen Yan threw a punch, and accompanying this punch, waves of willpower pressure instantly rippled outward.

Lu Cunyang's brain went blank for an instant, his own willpower suppressed by Chen Yan.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!"

Lu Cunyang shrieked; he finally experienced the terror of close-quarters combat with Chen Yan.

You are clearly already at your limit, you are clearly already heavily injured.

You are clearly only at the Sixth Rank!